Diversity is part Orlando Wetlands’ lure

One of the big reasons the Orlando Wetlands is so popular year-round – but especially this time of year – is the diversity of birds that can be found there.

Most folks flock to the park to see the Roseate Spoonbills and their little teaspoons or the Sandhill Cranes with their colts, but there are so many other photogenic birds around.

Some can be difficult to spot – like the reclusive American Bittern or the Limpkin, whose only U.S. habitat is in Florida. Others are out and abundant – like Ibises and Grackles.

Here are a few of the “other” birds that make the Orlando Wetlands a birding treasury.